Bogus Callers and Doorstep Security—Useful literature

Useful booklets and leaflets are available to help combat the despicable crime of distraction burglary and problems with rogue traders 

The Home Office have published a guide for care professionals and carers called " Keep an eye open for bogus callers ". It contains common sense tips which carers (friends, relatives, neighbours) or care workers can impart to and share with the people they care for to prevent them from becoming victims of distraction burglary.

The guide covers important issues such as good doorstep behaviour, promoting independence, valuables & money safety, reporting of crime and many more.

The full text for this leaflet can be read on this link

http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/boguscaller/boguscaller23.htm

Think Twice has been produced by Trading Standards in association with the Safe and Sound Group to address some of the concerns of older consumers living in Suffolk on consumer and safety related issues. It gives advice on your rights regarding the sale of goods in shops and on your doorstep and potential scams.

 







A Stranger at your door? is a leaflet produced by the Safe and Sound group offering advice on door step security and gives a useful list of Do's & Don'ts when you answer the door.








This Home Office booklet gives householders, in particular older and vulnerable people, advice on how to deter the bogus caller.

The booklet is also available in large print, as a audio cassette tape and 10 different languages:

English Welsh Arabic Bengali Chinese

Gujerati Hindi Polish Punjabi Urdu

The full text for this leaflet can be read on this link:
Locked, Stop, Chain, Check (opens in a new window)

Scambuster! Your guide to beating the scammers

This booklet is produced by the Office of Fair trading to offer advice of how guard yourself from being a victim of a scam.

Scammers are becoming more sophisticated and aim to con us all. Deceptive premium rate competition scams, bogus sweepstakes and lotteries, get-rich quick schemes and fake health cures are some of the favoured means of separating the unwary from their money. And the number of scams just keeps on growing.

The booklet gives a list of groups to contact if you have been or suspect you have been a victim. No matter how small the amount of money you have lost it is important that the scamsters are stopped.

The full text can be viewed from this link: Scambuster - Your guide to beating the scammers (opens in a new window)


Can you stop the person you care for from being scammed?

Though anyone can fall for a scam, the elderly and vulnerable are more likely to be targeted.  This guide from the Office of Fair trading offers advice to carers and professonals on how spot if a vulnerable person is a victim of a scam & how to they can help.

The full text can be viewed from this link:OFT carers guide (opens in a new window)




If you would like a copy of any of these publications please contact Julie Dennis, Community Safety Unit Suffolk Police HQ on 01473 613994 or e-mail julie.dennis@suffolk.pnn.police.uk